History Awesome / LetsMakeADeal

* The last episode of the 1971-77 syndicated run, and by extension the "classic" 1963-77 era. Besides there not being a {{Zonk}} in sight (specifically, at no point was there a Zonk even ''present'' during the whole show), it ended with a Big Deal win.

* The finale of the 1963-1977 run. Besides there not being a {{Zonk}} in sight (specifically, at no point was there a Zonk available during the whole show), it ended with a Big Deal win (and started with his daughter and son-in-law, Joanna and Paul Gleason).
* In the original version, it was not unheard of for enough traders to decline going for the Big Deal that Monty would eventually start asking Zonked contestants to compete for it (remember, the original rules allowed for two separate traders to play). Any contestant who went from being Zonked to winning the Big Deal would definitely qualify.

* This is Wayne's first steady TV job since taping for ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' ended in 2003.

* The finale of the 1963-1977 run. Besides there not being a {{Zonk}} in sight, it ended with a Big Deal win (and started with his daughter and son-in-law, Joanna and Paul Gleason).

* The occasions where a contestant gives up a car for the Big Deal and wins it. So far it's happened ''five times'' on the Brady version - once for $23,002 in cash, the other four times for another car.

* The finale of the 1963-1977 run. Besides there not being a {{Zonk}} in sight, it ended with a Big Deal win.

* In the original version, it was not unheard of for enough traders to decline going for the Big Deal that Monty would eventually start asking {{Zonk}}ed contestants to compete for it (remember, the original rules allowed for two separate traders to play). Any contestant who went from being Zonked to winning the Big Deal would definitely qualify.

* During the week of June 17, 2013, a contestant has a chance to win a car (of course, she doesn't know it yet). She passes up a chance to look behind the curtain to keep an envelope Wayne has given her. The car is revealed. She passes up a chance to take the prize in the small box, choosing again to keep the envelope. Turns out, it was a second chance at the car. He then offers her the Big Box. This time, she gives up the envelope, which contains a zonk. What's in the Big Box? Yep, it's '''the car!'''

* In the original version, it was not unheard of for enough traders to decline going for the Big Deal that Monty would eventually start asking {{Zonk}}ed contestants to go for the Big Deal. Any contestant who went from being Zonked to winning the Big Deal would definitely qualify.

* Anybody who won the Super Deal in either era.

* The occasions on the Brady version where a contestant gives up a car for the Big Deal. Whether they won or not (five times so far did they win [$23,002 cash {once} & another car respectively {four times}]), the fact that they had the courage to do so counts as a CMOA.

* The occasions on the Brady version where a contestant gives up a car for the Big Deal. Whether they won or not (four times so far did they win [$23,002 cash {once} & another car respectively {thrice}]), the fact that they had the courage to do so counts as a CMOA.

* The occasions on the Brady version where a contestant gives up a car for the Big Deal. Whether they won or not (only thrice did they win [$23,002 cash {once} & another car respectively {thrice}]), the fact that they had the courage to do so counts as a CMOA.

* The occasions on the Brady version where a contestant gives up a car for the Big Deal. Whether they won or not (only thrice did they win [$23,002 cash {once} & another car respectively {twice}]), the fact that they had the courage to do so counts as a CMOA.

* The occasions on the Brady version where a contestant gives up a car for the Big Deal. Whether they won or not (only twice did they win [$23,002 cash & another car respectively]), the fact that they had the courage to do so counts as a CMOA.

* During the week that Monty guest-hosted, a couple played a game with two Zonk cards. They got a Zonk on their first pick, technically losing, but Monty let the couple pick one more card for some consolation money...oh, and he'd give them the ''car'' if they found the other Zonk card. To his and Wayne's utter astonishment, ''they found the other Zonk card''. [[note]](If this sounds familiar, it should — it's an update of the Cash Register Game used in the 1963-77 and 1984-86 eras, including the alternate way of winning the car.)[[/note]]

* During the week of June 17, 2013, a contestant has a chance to win a car (of course, she doesn't know it yet). She passes up a chance to look behind the curtain to keep an envelope Wayne has given her. The car is revealed. She passes up a chance to take the prize in the small box, choosing again to keep the envelope. Turns out, it was a second chance at the car. He then offers her the Big Box. This time, she gives up the envelope, which contains a zonk. What's in the Big Box? Yep, it's '''the car!'''

* In the Wayne Brady revival version on October 24th, 2012, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqTwMigZjK0 a contestant plays a game called "The Great Escape" to win a car]]. The object of the game is to use as many keys as possible in a time limit in order to open a glass box that contains the car keys. There's 15 keys in total and at most, you can only get up to 30 seconds to play (from 15, you are given $1500 to start, and can give back $100 for an additional second). The contestant picks her first key to start off with and as soon as the game started, she unlocks the box. In the history of the show, no one had ever picked the correct key on the first guess.

** It happenned a third time on the Jan. 30th, 2013 "Twitter" episode, when the game for the contestant to play was chosen beforehand by voters online.

* On June 7, 2013, a contestant playing Car Pong not only gets the ball in the CAR cup on his first throw, he gets a ''second'' ball in the cup! Sadly, the player was only eligible for one car.

* For the week of May 6-10. 2013, Publisher's Clearing House offered $20,000 per day in one of the show's deals. ''Every single day'', someone won the 20K, including the show's first ever win in "Smash For Cash" on Monday's show.

* The occasions on the Brady version where a contestant gives up a car for the Big Deal. Whether they won or not (only twice did they win [$23,002 cash & another car respectively]), the fact that they had the courage to do so counts as a CMOA.

* In the Wayne Brady revival version on October 24th, 2012, a contestant plays a game called "The Great Escape" to win a car. The object of the game is to use as many keys as possible in a time limit in order to open a glass box that contains the car keys. There's 15 keys in total and at most, you can only get up to 30 seconds to play (from 15, you are given $1500 to start, and can give back $100 for an additional second). The contestant picks her first key to start off with and as soon as the game started, she unlocks the box. In the history of the show, no one had ever picked the correct key on the first guess.

* The occasions on the Brady version where a contestant gives up a car for the Big Deal. Whether they won or not (only twice did they win [$26,002 cash & another car respectively]), the fact that they had the courage to do so counts as a CMOA.

** It happened again less than a month later, on the November 20th show, when an entire family was called up to play.

* In the Wayne Brady revival version on October 24th, 2012, a contestant plays a game to win a car. The object of the game is to use as many keys as possible in a time limit in order to open a glass box that contains the car keys. There's 15 keys in total and at most, you can only get up to 30 seconds to play. The contestant picks her first key to start off with and as soon as the game started, she unlocks the box. In the history of the show, no one had ever picked the correct key on the first guess.

* In the Wayne Brady revival version on October 24th, 2012, a contestant plays a game to win a car. The object of the game is to use as many keys as possible in a time limit in order to open a glass box that contains the car keys. There's 15 keys in total and at most, you can only get up to 30 seconds to play. The contestant picks her first key to start off with and as soon as the game started, she unlocks the box. In the history of the show, no one had ever picked the correct key on the first guess.